Combined paint package and palette.



G. W. BIDWEL'L.

COMBINED PAINT PAGKAGE AND PALETTE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

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CHARLES W. BIDWELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PAINT PACKAGE AND PALETTE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 29, 1908. Application filed February 26, 1908. Serial No. 417,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LCHAnLEs W. BIDWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Paint Package and Palette, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined package or container and mixing palette for 1 oil paints, water-color paints, china paints, gold for china painting, and other like materials, and particularly for gold paints designed for the decoration of the finer grade of ceramics and which, on account of its intrinsic value and other exacting conditions, should be retained in a hermetically sealed package and protected from atmospheric changes, evaporation, dust and other foreign substances.

The object of the invention is to provide a container of this character for the reception of a removable plate carrying the paint and which is adapted to serve as a mixing palette, said container being designed to be hermetically sealed to protect the paint prior to its sale and use, to be broken or opened in a ready manner to permit the paint to be withdrawn for use, which will allow the paint to be inspected while sealed, and which, after being preliminarily opened, may be closed to effectually protect and prevent deterioration of any proportion of the paint which remains unused.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sealed ackage or container with the cover partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the unsealed or broken container with the cover removed and palette-plate partially withdrawn. Figs. 3 and 4 are sections through the closed container taken, respectively, on the lines 33 and 44 of Fig. 2.

The container is preferably in the form of a flat rectangular package but it may be of any suitable geometrical form, size and I made of any material suitable for the purpose. As illustrated in the present instance, it comprises a body 1, formed of a base or i bottom 2 having an upwardly extending marginal flange 3, forming a chamber 4 in] which the palette-plate bearing the paint j is to "be inclosed. One of the side walls of the body is integral at its lower edge with the base 2 and adapted to form a closure flap 5.

entirety, except as hereinafter mentioned, is preferably made of pasteboard or some other suitable material, the portions of the body of the box being covered by strips of fabric or other suitable material to hermetically seal all the joints.

The chamber 4 is closed by a top Wall 6 having a central perforation or opening 7 covered by a sheet 8 of celluloid, mica or some other suitable flexible transparent material, through which the paint contained within the chamber 4 is rendered visible at all times and may be inspected in order that its condition may be determined while the package is in a hermetically sealed condition.

Strips 9, of paper or other suitable material, are pasted to the underside of the body 1, and extend upwardly on the exterior of the side walls 3 and are also pasted thereto to connect the arts of the body and also hermetically sea l the same at the joints. Similar strips 10 are pasted to the upper surface of the top wall 6 and extend downwardly over upon and are pasted to the side walls 3, thus attaching the top wall to the side walls and at the same time sealing all joints at the top of the package in order to hermetically close the latter a ainst the access of air, dust or foreign particfes, as well as to prevent to a large extent evaporation or deterioration of the contained paint from atmospheric changes.

The paint 11, in semisolid form, is placed upon the upper surface of a palette-plate 12, composed of glass or some other suitable vitreous material, such as will prevent injury to the paint by chemical action. This plate is of proper size to fit within the chamber4so that the paint 11 will be ex osed below the transparent panel 8 and wil be held out of contact with all the other surfaces of the package and prevented from shifting. The plate is adapted to be slidably withdrawn from the package when the closure flap or side wall 3 is unsealed and opened, and is adapted to be retained in position and prevented from moving upward by spacing strips 18, said strips or distance pieces being secured to the top wall 6 and arranged to bear upon the upper surface of the plate adjacent to two of the side edges thereof to For reasons of economy, the package as an i form guideways in which the plate is fitted to slide and retained in position. A cover 14, of suitable material, and having a depending flange 15, is provided to fit down upon and inclose the body of the packageand cover the transparent panel 8. This cover 14 snugly engages the body but is adaptedto be readily removed in order that the paint may be ins ected through the transparent panel and t e ackage may be unsealed for the removal of tl fe paint.

In order to facilitate the unsealing of the package, a severing cord 16 is preferably emloyed, one end of said cord being suitably fixed to the body of the package adjacent one of the side edges of the closure flap 5, the cord then being extended across the inner side of said flap and projected at its free end outside the package, as indicated at 17 in Fig. 1, the inclosed portion of the cord being arranged to underlie the sealing strip 10 cov ering the joint between the same and the wall 6, so that by drawing the cord transversely across the package said sealing strip will be broken, thus allowing the flap 5 to be turned outward to unseal the package. The paint may then be withdrawn for use by sliding the plate 12 outward, as indicated in Fig. 2, the plate being employed as a palette on which the paint may be mixed with other materials and from which it may be distributed to the surface to be decorated in the usual manner. The severing cord may how- .ever be dispensed with, and a proper mark indicating the line on which the sealing strip is to be cut may be provided in lieu thereof.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the'invention provides a container which is. simple and inexpensive of construction and in which the paint may be preserved against deterioration for an indefinite period, and which will permit inspection at any time of the sealed paint without removing the same therefrom. 1t will also be seen that by the use of an independent plate carrying the paint, such plate may be employed as a palette for convenience in the painting or decorating operation. if after such operation, any of the paint remains unused, the plate 12 may be slipped in the container, the flap 5 closed and the cover 14 applied, by which the package will be again sealed in a practically ermetically tight manner, so that the paint may be preserved for an indefinite period. Of course, it will be understood that the seal ing strips 9 and 10 may be composed of paper or a suitable textile fabric, and that they may be coated with any suitable substance to assist in excluding air and to make the package Water ti ht.

Havinr thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new isz 1.' A container of the character described,

comprising a body having a closure, at top for the body provided with a perforation covered by a trans arent panel, strips applied to and hermetica y sealing the joints between the walls of thebody, one of said stri s connecting the closure With the top wal to retain said closure in closed condition, a plate adapted to be inclosed within the body and to support the paint opposite said transparent panel, guiding and spacing means for holding said plate'in contact with the bottom wall and spaced from the top wall, and a flanged cover adapted to fit down over and inclose the body and to conceal the top wall.

2. A container of the character described, comprising a chambered body provided with a closure flap, said body being provided in its top wall with an opening covered by a transparent panel and having a severable closure strip normally retaining the flap in closed position, a plate adapted to be inclosed within said body and to support the paint, spac-. ing strips for holding the plate against the bottom and away from the top of the body and forming guides therefor, and a cover adapted to inclose the body and to cover the top wall and transparent panel.

3. A container of the character described comprising a flat rectangular body having its topprovided with a transparent portion, and provided at one end with a flap adapted tobe turned down to afford access thereto, a palette plate adapted to be slidably inserted within and removed from the body, spacing strips applied to. the top of the body and adapted to bear against the upper surface of the plate to hold the same in contact with the bottom of the body, and a flanged cover adapted to fit down upon and inclose the body and hold the flap in closed condition.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a flat rectangular casing provided in its top wall with a transparent panel and having a closure flap at one side secured by a severable sealing strip, spacing and guide strips upon'the top wall of the casing forming guideways between the same and the bottom wall thereof, a paint supporting plate adapt ed to be withdrawn from the casing when the flap is open and to slidably fit within said guideways, and being spaced from said top wall and held in contact with said bottom wall by said strips, and a flanged cover adapted to fit down upon and surround the container and retain the closure flap in position and to cover the transparent panel in the top wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. BIDWELL. Witnesses:

HOMER T. SAPP, DAviD M. SAPP. 

